The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-09-15
JUST LIKE A BOOMERANG.
ENGLAND'S coERClve POLICY BEAR
ING FRUIT.


ment's Majority Being Rapidly De-
creased on this Subject-FOreign.
LONDON, Sept l4-As was predicted,
England's coercive policy is bearing fruit,
but in manner not entirely satisfactorily
to the ministry, whose heads are slowly
sinking and disappearing in tho whirlpool of
Indignation that is circlng in resistess
torrent about them. The present high.
handed, oppressive course which character
ICES the governments policy towards Ire
land has turned many former allies against
the present ministry, and every day dimin-
ishes Che fast decreasing number of govern
ment supporters. Not sufficiently warned
by the result Of the recent elections, it has
remained for differences in their own body
to bring the ministry to q realizing sense OF
their own insecurity.
In the resignation of Sir Relvers Butler.
the government has lost a strong, honest
man, who when ne has determined in his
own mind that he is going wrong, stops at
nothing until no sets hlu'e,t right In fact
he is a conscientious man, whose honesty of
purpose will not allow him TO bs a party to
the dubious methods of ministry which
sanctions the eviction OF feeble aud helpless
old women from wretched cabins, that at
best only shelter them from the storms from
heaven, and which looks with complaisance
upon the unprovoked murder of old men,
Less than two years ago when Sir Redvers
Butler was sent to ireland to take charge of
the troope there the landlords realized al.
most Immediately that they had man tc
deal with who intended to see with his own
eyes the true state of affairs
To his credit be it said that ne was most
reluctant to permit evictions, aud then only
did so when he had exhausted every means
in his power Of avoiding such a process
When he went to ireland he had no leanings
towards home rule, and later on, when lie
was under secretary, and the Parnellite
press annoyed him by assuming that he was
in favor of home rule, he sent out state.
ulent proclaiming himself staunch Union
ist, and that he did not favor home rule.
But all this time his mind was serely bound
to believe in the doctrine if not in all its
workings, at least abstracGly. The govern
ment did not appear to see chat the gallant
general who could not make war upon wo-
man would not send in the kind Of e report
they desired when ne was detailed to make
an investigation of Irelands condition. But
true to his honesty, he faithfully and accu-
rately reported all the poverty and squalor
he found in the country and recommended
merciful and remedial nieasures.
This report the ministry, whose eyes were
then open to see with what manner, of man
they were dealing, are accused of garbling
and destroying before it was made public,
because it was too true statement of
wretchedness which they wanted to perse-
cute There can be no doubt but that at
that time began the disgust that has termi-
mated in Redver4 Buffers resignation. In
fact the very vehelnsnce with which Mr.
Balfour asserted that the resignation was
simply for the reason that Sir Redvers de-
sired to return to the war Office and that
any assumption that it was for any other
reason was unqualiiiedly false, gives color
to the too evidont opinion that must be up
permost in the mind of avery man to whom
the fact1 are known. Sir Redvers Butler
has quietly resigned and it is not supposed
that be will offer any reason to the world at
large, SO the government can put what in
terpretation they please on his action. The
ministry is in bad way. Who will be the
next to show open disapprobation of their
COurBes